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26 Becaufe compaffion fill'd his heart,
And he did cheerfully impart,tay
God made his offspring's wealth increase.
27 With caution fhun each wicked deed,
In virtue's ways with zeal proceed,

and fo prolong your happy days;

28 For God, who judgment loves, does ftill > Preferve his faints fecure from ill,

while foon the wicked race decays.

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29, 30, 31 The upright fhall poffefs the land; His portion fhall for ages ftand;

his mouth with wifdom is fupply'd:
His tongue by rules of judgment moves;
His heart the law of God approves ;
Therefore his footsteps never flide.
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32 In wait the watchful finner lies
In vain the righteous to furprife;
orlin vain his ruin does decree!
33 God will not him defencelefs leave,
To his revenge expos'd, but fave;nonda
and, when he's fentenc'd, fet him free.
34 Wait ftill on God; keep his command,
And thou, exalted in the land,

d thy blefs'd poffeffion ne'er fhall quit: V
The wicked foon deftroy'd fhall be,
And at his difmal tragedy

thou fhalt a fafe fpectator fit.

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35 The wicked I in pow'r have feen,
And, like a bay-tree, fresh and green,
by that fpreads its pleasant branches round:
36 But he was gone as fwift as thought;
And, though in ev'ry place I fought,
no fign or track of him I found.
37 Obferve the perfect man with care,
And mark all fuch as upright are;

their rougheft days in peace fhall end:
38 While on the latter end of those,
Who dare God's facred will oppofe,
a common ruin fhall attend.
39 God to the juft will aid afford;
Their only fafeguard is the Lord;
their ftrength in time of need is he:

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40 Becaufe on him they ftill depend,
The Lord will timely fuccour fend,
and from the wicked fet them free.

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PSALM XXXVIII.

HY chaft'ning wrath, O Lord, restrain,
though I deserve it all;

Nor let at once on me the storm.
of thy displeasure fall.

2 In ev'ry wretched part of me,
thy arrows deep remain;

Thy heavy hand's afflicting weight
I can no more sustain.

3 My flesh is one continued wound,
thy wrath fo fiercely glows;
Betwixt my punishment and guilt
my bones have no repose.

4 My fins, which to a deluge fwell,
my finking head o'erflow,

And, for my feeble ftrength to bear,
too vaft a burden grow.

5 Stench and corruption fill my wounds;
my folly's just return;

6 With trouble I am warp'd and bow'd, and all day long I mourn.

7 A loath'd difeafe afflicts my loins,

infecting ev'ry part;

8 With fickness worn, I

worn, I groan

and roar

through anguish of my heart.

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9 But, Lord, before thy fearching eyes.
all my defires appear;

And fure my groans have been too loud,
not to have reach'd thine ear.

10 My heart's opprefs'd, my ftrength decay'd, my eyes depriv'd of light;

11 Friends, lovers, kinfmen

on fuch a difmal fight.

gaze aloof

12 Meanwhile, the foes that seek my their fnares to take me fet; Vent flanders, and contrive all day to forge fome new deceit :

13 But I, as if both deaf and dumb,

nor heard, nor once reply'd;

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44 Quite deaf and dumb, like one whofe tongue with confcious guilt is ty'd.

15 For, Lord, to thee I do appeal, my innocence to clear;

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Affur'd that thou, the righteous God,
my injur'd cause wilt hear.

16 "Hear me," faid I, " left my proud foes
"a fpiteful joy display;
"Infulting, if they fee
"but once to go aftray.'

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17 And, with continual grief opprefs'd, to fink I now begin;

18 To thee, O Lord, I will confefs,
to thee bewail my fin.

19 But whilft I languish, my proud foes
their ftrength and vigour boaft;
And they that hate me without cause
are grown a dreadful hoft.
20 Ev'n they whom I oblig'd, return
my kindness with despite;
And are my enemies, because
I choose the path that's right.
21 Forfake me not, O Lord my God,
nor far from me depart;

22 Make hafte to my relief, O thou,
who my falvation art.

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PSALM XXXIX.

ESOLV'D to watch o'er all my ways,
I kept my tongue in awe;

I curb'd my hafty words, when I

the wicked profp'rous faw.

2 Like one that's dumb, I filent stood,

and did my tongue refrain

From good difcourfe; but that restraint increas'd my inward pain.

3 My heart did glow with working thoughts, and no repose could take; Till ftrong reflection fann'd the fire, and thus at length I spake:

4 Lord, let me know my term of days, how foon my life will end:

The num'rous train of ills disclose, which this frail state attend.

5 My life, thou know'ft, is but a span;
a cypher fums my years;
And ev'ry man, in beft eftate,
but vanity appears.⠀ ⠀

6 Man, like a fhadow, vainly walks,
with fruitless cares oppress'd;
He heaps up wealth, but cannot tell
by whom 'twill be poffefs'd.

7 Why then should I on worthless toys,
with anxious care attend?.

On thee alone my ftedfaft hope
fhall ever, Lord, depend.

8, 9 Forgive my fins; nor let me fcorn'd by foolish finners be;

For I was dumb, and murmur'd not,
because 'twas done by thee:-

10 The dreadful burden of thy wrath
In mercy foon remove;

Left my frail flesh too weak to bear
the heavy load fhould prove.

11 For when thou chaft'neft man for fin,
thou mak'st his beauty fade,
(So vain a thing is he!) like cloth
by fretting moths decay'd.

12 Lord, hear my cry, accept my tears,
And listen to my pray❜r,

Who fojourn like a ftranger here,
as all my fathers were.

13 O! fpare me yet a little time;
my wafted ftrength reftore,
Before I vanish quite from hence,
and shall be seen no more.

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PSALM XL.

WAITED meekly for the Lord, till he vouchfal'd a kind reply; Who did his gracious ear afford,

and heard from heav'n my humble cry. 2 He took me from the difmal pit,

when founder'd deep in miry clay; On folid ground he plac'd my feet, and suffer'd not my steps to ftray. 3 The wonders he for me has wrought shall fill my mouth with fongs of praise;

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And others, to his worship brought,
to hopes of like deliv'rance raife.
For bleffings fhall that man reward,

who on th' Almighty Lord relies; Who treats the proud with difregard, and hates the hypocrite's difguife. Who can the wond'rous works recount which thou, O God, for us haft wrought? The treasures of thy love furmount

the pow'r of numbers, fpeech, and thought. I've learn't that thou haft not defir'd off'rings and facrifice alone.

Nor blood of guiltless beafts requir'd For man's tranfgreffion to atone. 7 I therefore come-come to fulfil the oracles thy books impart; 8 'Tis my delight to do thy will; thy law is written in my heart. PART II.

9 In full affemblies I have told

thy truth and righteoufnefs at large; Nor did, thou know'ft, my lips withhold from utt'ring what thou gav'ft in charge: 10 Nor kept within my breast confin'd thy faithfulness and faving grace; But preach'd thy love, for all defign'd, that all might that, and truth, embrace. 11 Then let those mercies I declar'd

to others, Lord, extend to me; Thy loving-kindness my reward, thy truth my safe protection be. 12 For I with troubles am diftrefs'd, too numberlefs for me to bear; Nor lefs with loads of guilt opprefs'd, that plunge and fink me to despair. As foon, alas! may I recount

the hairs of this afflicted head; My vanquish'd courage they furmount, and fill my drooping foul with dread. PART III.

13 But, Lord, to my relief draw near, for never was more preffing need;

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